Gigantic LEGO Butterfly

This LEGO model of a Monarch butterfly is amaz­ingly detailed and quite beautiful.

What the first photo may not make obvious though is the scale of this model which is part of an exhi­bi­tion that artist Sean Kenney is touring around the US. The model is made up of some 60,000 LEGO bricks and the butterfly's wingspan is approx­i­mately 8 feet across.

The build photos give a better sense of the immense scale of this thing.